Aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
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Examples of obligately anaerobic bacterial genera include Actinomyces, Bacteroides, Clostridium, Fusobacterium, Peptostreptococcus, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Propionibacterium, and Veillonella.
examples of aerobic bacteria include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis, bacteria in the Nocardia genus, which cause nocardiosis, and Psuedomonas aeruginosa, which causes pneumonia, urinary tract infections and gastrointestinal issues.
Aerobic bacteria or aerobes are the ones which can grow and perform their biosynthetic processes only in the presence of oxygen and dies in its absence.
Examples: Bacillus , Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc.
Anaerobic bacteria or anaerobes are the ones which does not need oxygen for their growth and survival. They can survive and satisfy their energy requirements in oxygen deficient environment.
Examples: Clostridium, Fusobacterium,etc.